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Recent Examples of boxy
To preserve the svelte look, rather than appearing boxy, the floor-to-ceiling glass panels on the upper deck are subtly kinked to maintain the racing lines.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
With a full skirt A boxy, borrowed-from-the-boys puffer pairs surprisingly well with a more feminine midiskirt.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
Some boxy siphonophores only become opaque along their edges.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The season leaned into boxy jackets, paneled skirts, and basque waistlines that carved out structure with confidence.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
With a full skirt A boxy, borrowed-from-the-boys puffer pairs surprisingly well with a more feminine midiskirt.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
Some boxy siphonophores only become opaque along their edges.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The season leaned into boxy jackets, paneled skirts, and basque waistlines that carved out structure with confidence.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxy
Adjective
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These shrikes are smaller than robins but have large, blocky heads, hence the name loggerhead.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nestled behind walls and a double interlocking iron gate, the blocky and angular structure offers a total of six bedrooms and seven baths in 11,800 square feet on three levels accented throughout with travertine and skylights.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But da Costa and his team, as part of the Microns project, a large-scale effort to fully map out a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of a mouse’s visual cortex, discovered that inhibitory neurons are very specific in choosing what cells to inhibit.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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In space launches, every kilogram and cubic centimetre is precious.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even the workpiece itself was cubical.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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The were only a few objects and all had a single, cubical shape.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Boxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxy. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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